Art Appreciation

Overview: This one semester course introduces the major themes, influences and personalities that shaped most of western cultural heritage through art. The periods studied include Ancient, Classical, Renaissance, Baroque, Modern and Contemporary. After completing the course, students will be able to:

• Analyze art with the eyes of an art historian.

• Compare and contrast the sculpture of ancient peoples, considering its purpose, size and degree of realism.

• Recognize and describe the major characteristics of the various “isms” of Europe and America.

• Identify examples of the outstanding art of Asia, India, Africa and pre-Columbian American and discuss their purposes.

• Describe how your study of art has influenced how you see the world and art around you.

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Textbook required

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Music Appreciation

Overview: This one semester course introduces the major themes, influences and personalities that shaped most of western cultural heritage through music. The periods studied include Ancient, Classical, Renaissance, Baroque, Modern, Century and Contemporary.

After completing the course, students will be able to:

•  Identify and define the basic elements of music.
• Recognize and describe the major characteristics of various styles of music.
•  Identify examples of outstanding music from a variety of historic periods and cultures.
• Recognize and describe the role and influence of music on other areas of life throughout history.

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Textbook required

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Career Planning: Exploration and Decision Making
 
Overview: In this comprehensive course, students learn how self-knowledge contributes to career success and how goal setting and decision making are integral to career planning. They also investigate different careers, master job-finding techniques and learn how to make the transition from school to work.

Learn to…

• Determine your values, skills, and interests and understand their relationship to career planning
  
• Use research tools such as the Holland Self-Directed Search, the Occupational Outlook Handbook, and computerized career systems
  
• Explore careers first-hand by conducting interviews and job shadowing
  
• Set goals, understand their benefits, and avoid obstacles to attaining them
  
• Conduct job searches by exploring job banks, creating a cover letter and resume, and researching proper job interview techniques

Activities: 24 required activities, 4 newsgroup activities, 6 unit projects, 4 unit evaluations

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Study Skills

Overview: In this introductory, mentor-based course, students develop study skills based on their learning styles to improve academic and work performance. They are provided several application opportunities, based on self-assessments, in topics such as time management, memory, oral communications, reading, writing, note taking, critical thinking, test taking, and researching.

Learn to…

• Develop skills that enable lifelong learning and make you actively involved in your own learning
• Discover your learning style's strengths and weaknesses
• Develop techniques for scheduling in order to set and reach long- and short-term goals
• Develop and demonstrate critical thinking for decision making and problem solving

Activities: 3 learning profile lessons, 10 study skills lessons, 1 final project

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Physical Education

This two semester course focuses on the fundamental components and principles of fitness. The course examines safety guidelines, proper technique, and exercise principles such as the FITT. Students will assess their current level of fitness in relation to the five components of physical fitness: flexibility, cardiovascular health, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and body composition. Students will also learn strategies to help them begin, design, and maintain an exercise program to keep them fit for life.

NOTE: During the 8 week summer session, students will need to complete an 8 week fitness log (instead of the 12 weeks). We will not take summer enrollments for this course after June 18, 2008.

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Digital Photography and Graphics

Overview: In the digital photography and graphic design lessons, students begin by learning general photographic concepts. Then composition skills are added to photographs and image-editing techniques are practiced. Students learn how to use layers, crop images, color and lighting concepts, hue and saturation, and exposures and special effects. Graphic design, artistic elements, and software skills are taught while producing graphic images. The concept of design as a manner of visual communication is carried throughout. Students build a portfolio of work and explore the fields of photography, graphic arts, advertising and illustration.

Required Materials: Digital Camera, and Gimp 2.0 (Freeware). This course is recommended for PC users, with Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4 OS.

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Web Design

Overview: Essential web design skills are learned in this 90-hour course, giving students a voice on the Internet. Students complete several guided projects and then develop their own web site. Web design essentials are covered throughout in examples and activities. Beginning with planning a website and moving on to storyboarding, page design, layout and template issues are also covered. From there, students learn to create backgrounds, headers, and buttons. Students learn to use templates, create rollovers and pop-ups, develop image maps, and add animations.

Required Materials: Web Dwarf (Freeware). This course is recommended for PC users with  Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT4 Operating System

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Programming I and II  

Overview: Providing instruction in two programming languages, students leave with well-rounded skills in both a fundamental programming language as well as one of the newest authoring languages used in web development. While learning C++, students gain an understanding of the coding environment and develop several projects. More advanced topics are also covered, on variables, structures, pointers, scope, file input and output, and classes. Next students move on to learn VisualBasic.NET, one of the programming languages available in Microsoft's .Net. Visual Basic is frequently used to introduce programming concepts. Initially, students run code on a single computer without any web interaction. Students learn to write interesting programs to show to others while learning to use the basic tools of a professional programmer. Students should use the course daily, to keep current with the software tools and lessons being taught. This course is two semesters and can be taken in semesters.

Materials Required: This course is recommended for PC users, with the Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT4 operating system. The software required for Programming I is Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2005 Express Edition (Freeware) which should be obtained before enrolling in the course. For Programming II, you will need Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition (Freeware).

Programming 1: C++ Programming

Students gain an understating of the C++ coding environment (Visual Studio) and develop several projects. The following concepts are learned: variables, common functions, arithmetic expressions, memory and static variables, flowcontrol, random numbers, arrays, strings, pointers, debugging, structured types, classes, dynamic data, linked lists, file I/O, overloading a function and recursion. Students should use the course daily, to keep current with the software tools and lessons being taught. Download a course outline in Adobe PDF Format here.

Programming 2: Microsoft VisualBasic.NET

Visual Basic is one of the programming languages available in Microsoft’s .Net. Although it can be used as a part of web applications, it is also able to run on a single computer with no web interaction at all. That is how it is used in this course. Initially, students work to identify user requirements, develop the GUI (graphical user interface), field test and reconstruct applications. Visual Basic is also used to introduce programming concepts as students learn to write interesting programs to show to others while learning to use the basic tools of a professional programmer. The following concepts are covered: integrated development environment, objects, properties, labels, text boxes, variables, assignment statements, events, functions, subprograms, modules, procedures, functions, random numbers, conventions, comments, debugging, strings, button and box controls, logical expressions, loops, lists, combo boxes, sequential files, arrays, searches and graphics. Students should use the course daily, to keep current with the software tools and lessons being taught. Download a course outline in Adobe PDF Format here

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Online Driver Education

The online Driver Education course offered by CESA #2 provides a unique opportunity for students that have busy schedules to learn critical skills needed to become a safe, low-risk driver.

Time is a big issue for parents, who have to juggle their own commitments in order to take their child back and forth to driver education classes.  An online program lets their child fit in driver education coursework whenever and wherever they like — home, school, public library, and at their own pace.  The online CESA #2 Driver Education course is a foundation course, which teaches the theory and practice of responsible, defensive driving. Emphasis is placed upon learning the mechanics of driving, the execution of most driving operations and a thorough understanding of the rules of safe driving.  The online class is designed to improve students' knowledge of traffic safety and to prepare them to receive training for becoming safe operators of motor vehicles. Students will also study the legal and financial obligations of automobile ownership, the care and maintenance of the automobile, accident prevention, the importance of controlling emotions while driving and the effects of alcohol and other drugs on driving.

For the driving portion of the course, CESA #2 will assist in obtaining instructors in your area.  For more information, you can go to: http://online-drivered.cesa2.org/?school=s003

For registration information, you can go to:  http://drivered.cesa2.org/   Select the school menu, and the first choice is for the Internet course.

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